not to be That Person but y’all have got to learn to be more normal about bisexual and pansexual characters. this isn’t 2012. women romancing astarion is not the problem, nor is karlach “lesbian coded”. the real problem is y’all’s bi/panphobia stemming largely from homophobic stereotypes
"I think this is the most inhuman; and human, that I've ever felt.."
MUCH CAN HAPPEN IN A YEAR. IN FIVE YEARS. A DECADE. imagine how much can happen in a century. just ONE (1). How will you grow? what phases do you find? even in 5 years, you will find patterns.
Hey, hot tip: if an aspec person says that they don't want to do [romantic/sexual thing] because they're repulsed by it, or that they don't want to see [romantic/sexual thing] (even in fiction and/or fandom) because they're repulsed by it, and you as a fellow aspec decide to comment "Well, I'M [aspec identity here] and I like [romantic/sexual thing]!" You may just be an asshole.
By all means, do [romantic/sexual thing] and enjoy it as much as you like, it does not mean you aren't part of the community at all but for fucks sake leave repulsed people's personal posts alone
All the anons trying to tell me about things Tolkien has said or done throughout the years, seem to fail to understand one thing
Tolkien is fucking dead. Even if I wanted to give money to that man, I couldn’t. There’s no way for me to support him like that
Miss Joanne Rowling on the other hand, is not only alive but has full control over all things potter. You buy a keychain with the Hogwarts logo for a dollar, you’re giving her money. Even without actively buying Harry Potter merch, you’re giving her a platform by still engaging in her property, even if it is just by writing a fic about the stalker dad and the brother that was only mentioned by name like twice. You’re giving this woman a platform to harm and dehumanise people like me, because you just can’t move on from those shitty wizard books
0610 is so funny because mahiru is determined to be a housewife/maternal figure and kotoko is determined to parallel all the other prisoners' shitty fathers. both of them having the traits of "parental figures" that is a mold/box to be shoved into in and of itself which shows the traditional/black and white aspects of their own families. mahiru is determined to be full of love and give others that same love and kotoko pretends she doesn't love at all and bares her teeth whenever you show her love. mahiru has sun symbolism and kotoko has moon symbolism.
and then instead of ever acknowledging the absolutely insane character foil toxic yuri between those two at all, milgram refuses to let them interact ever again except for one interaction from four years ago at the very beginning and kotoko beating the shit out of mahiru. like. thanks milgram. if YOU wont do anything with your very interesting character foils that can also fall into classic "romance tropes" (which mahiru is obsessed with, cough) with their personalities/stories i guess ill do it myself.
the thing is that the fallout show is superficially good. like, visually? i liked it a lot. the characters were fun. the vibes were there. i was entertained by all eight episodes. but if i think about it for more than a minute, i see it's a hollow adaptation with a poor understanding of the main themes of the whole series. is it a good show? sure, yeah! but is it a good fallout show? well....
im just gonna be honest gang obviously its gonna be easy for you to say youre in love with a character and theyre an angel when anytime they do something you don't like you brush it off as out of character